Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4733
מִקְלָט
miqlatmik-lawt'
refuge
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: miqlâṭ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4733is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4733
an asylum (as a receptacle)
The King James renders it: refuge.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
miqlat is rendered "refuge". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 35:6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
Numbers 35:6הַמִּקְלָ֔ט
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's twenty uses are in Numbers.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- refuge his5
- the refuge of5
- the refuge4
- into a refuge3
- refuge3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִקְנֶה | miqneh | livestock | Uses76 |
| מִקְדָּשׁ | miqdash | sanctuary | Uses75 |
| מִקְרָא | miqra | assembly | Uses23 |
| מִקְנָה | miqnah | purchase | Uses15 |
| מִקְרֶה | miqreh | accident | Uses10 |
| מִקְשָׁה | miqshah | beating | Uses9 |
| מִקְלַעַת | miqlaath | engraving | Uses4 |
| מִקְסָם | miqsam | divination | Uses2 |
| מִקְשָׁה | miqshah | cucumber field | Uses2 |
| מִקְטֶרֶת | miqtereth | censer | Uses2 |
| מִקְוָה | miqvah | reservoir | Uses1 |
| מִקְטָר | miqtar | fumigation | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מִקְלַ֣ט4
- הַמִּקְלָ֔ט3
- מִקְלָ֖ט3
- מִקְלָט֑וֹ2
- הַמִּקְלָ֛ט1
- לְמִקְלָ֖ט1
- לְמִקְלָ֑ט1
- לְמִקְלָ֔ט1
- מִקְלַ֧ט1
- מִקְלָט֖וֹ1
- מִקְלָט֔וֹ1
- מִקְלָטוֹ֙1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3HR/Ncmsa
Numbers
eleven uses
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
- הַמִּקְלָ֔טhamiklatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the refuge
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
- מִקְלָ֖טmiklatnoun · masculine singulartagged: refuge
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
- לְמִקְלָ֖טlemiklatpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a refuge
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
- מִקְלָ֖טmiklatnoun · masculine singulartagged: refuge
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
- מִקְלָ֖טmiklatnoun · masculine singulartagged: refuge
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
- לְמִקְלָ֑טlemiklatpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a refuge
The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- מִקְלָט֖וֹmiklatonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
- מִקְלָט֔וֹmiklatonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
- מִקְלָט֑וֹmiklatonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
- מִקְלָטוֹ֙miklatonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
- מִקְלָט֑וֹmiklatonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: refuge his
Joshua
seven uses
“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
- הַמִּקְלָ֔טhamiklatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the refuge
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- לְמִקְלָ֔טlemiklatpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a refuge
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
- מִקְלַ֣טmiklatnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the refuge of
From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
- מִקְלַ֧טmiklatnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the refuge of
This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- מִקְלַ֣טmiklatnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the refuge of
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
- מִקְלַ֣טmiklatnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the refuge of
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- מִקְלַ֣טmiklatnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the refuge of
1 Chronicles
two uses
So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
- הַמִּקְלָ֔טhamiklatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the refuge
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
- הַמִּקְלָ֛טhamiklatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the refuge
Where it leads
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.